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> one could pick up and move to another city and essentially "start fresh" with their reputation From the wikipedia article on exile: "In Roman law, exsilium
by davidgay 6y ago
> one could pick up and move to another city and essentially "start fresh" with their reputation
From the wikipedia article on exile: "In Roman law, exsilium denoted both voluntary exile and banishment as a capital punishment alternative to death."
When something is an alternative to death, I think it's fair to say that it was not a trivial event. "Just" moving somewhere wasn't easy, historically.
- Alupis 6y agoEasy has nothing to do with it. It was possible to move cities/towns/state/country, start fresh and have people judge you by your current actions and things you say... not something you said 10 years ago late one night on twitter after a few beers.